To register for the workshops or for information, go to mesa-countylibraries.libcal.com/events#!/month/2013/10 and click on the blue info box with the workshop that is age-appropriate for your child.

Registration for “The Language of the Fantastic,” a literary festival for writers and readers and set for Oct. 11–13, can be made at westerncoloradowriters.org. Click on “Registration for the 2013 Literary Festival.”

Two authors highlighted at book-signing

Barnes & Noble Booksellers will host two authors of young adults books for book-signings and a talk.

■ Donald Samson, author of The Star Trilogy, will sign books from 1–6 p.m. Saturday with a talk at 4 p.m.

Samson’s three fantasy books are titled “The Dragon Boy,” “The Dragon of Two Hearts” and “The Dragon, the Blade and the Tread.”